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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1944)
1? mtk it mm Park Project May Be Submitted in Post-war Plans Immediate Action On Proposal Not Deemed Practical Plans for a small city park upon which a committee from the cham "ber of commerce has been working for several weeks were presented to the luncheon forum Monday by Frank Turner, chairman of the committee. A plat of the tract pro posed for use as a park was shown the group and an around-the-table expression called for. It soon developed that there was a pro and anti feeling relative to going ahead with the park idea at this time,' although few commitals were made as against a park of some kind. Those in favor of im mediate construction pointed to the lack of playground facilities for children and offered the suggestion that the plan be carried out this year to provide facilities of this type. It was argued that cost and la bor involved would not be prohib itive and1 that if taken up immedi ately the budget committee might be prevailed Upon to include a small fund in the next fiscal budget. Another point of view was ex pressed that anything calling for ex tra labor should be postponed un til after the war. It was pointed out that this region faces a critical labor shortage for the forthcoming har vest period and that nothing should be done that would place further strain upon the limited labor supply. For that reason it was suggeted that the park project should be in cluded in whatever postwar plans the city may have. Rev. Francis McCormick an nounced that he has plans for con struction of tennis courts on vacant lots at the rear of the Catholic church. It . was also reported that the Elks lodge has plans for tennis courts on property recently ac quired, which are to the rear of the lodge building. This will make ample playgrounds for the larger school children, if these plans are follow ed through, yet it was pointed out that nothing is being done for the little tots. "R" Coupons Good Only at Bulk Plants After April 1, 1944 class R cou pons, five gallons value, will be in valid for buying gasoline rt a fill ing station. This means that after April 1 only non-highway users who buy their gasoline at bulk storage tanks on their own prem plants or who have it delivered to ises may use R coutpons. Class E coupons, one gallon value, will con tinue to be valid for purchase of non -highway gasoline at service stations. After March 15, 1944 E and R coupons are required to be endors ed prior to a transfer of gasoline in . exchange therefor. The ration hold er shall write, stamp or print his name and address on the face of each coupon presented separately. HERE FROM FARRAGUT Ph. M 2c C. C. Dunham is spend ing a few days here with Mrs. Dun ham and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford He arrived Mon day night from San Diego, where he had accompanied a draft of transfers from the Farragut naval training station. He and Mrs. Dun ham will return to Coeur d Alene Saturday. SON IS BORN Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nelson Jr. are parents of a seven pound 15 ounce boy bom in Portland March 20. The son has been named Ken neth Eric. Heppner, Governor Names April 16 as "Army" Day WHEREAS the Congress of the United States did formally desig nate April 6 as Army Day, and WHEREAS this day honors Am erica's military men who are fight ing so gallantly on all battle fronts of the world, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Earl Snell, Governor of the State of Oregon, do hereby proclaim Thursday, Ap ril 6, 1944, as Army Day in Oregon and call upon the citizens of this great commonwealth to observe the day, herein appointed in all ways that will not conflict with the war effort: to fly the flag at home and places of business, to sponsor ob servances in the schools, the church and home, and places of public meeting, and to stress everywhere the significance of a day that never has had a meaning more profound. . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State of Oregon to be affixed. DONE in the City of Salem this fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred forty-four. EARL. SNELL . . . - Governor. . ATTEST: - ROBERT S FARRELL Jr. i Secretary of Sfate , RETURNS FROM COAST O. Wendell Herbison and family returned Saturday from a trip to western Oregon points which kept them away from home for two weeks. They went to see Mr. Her- (bison's brother who was on fur- lough from the South Pacific. They visiieo, in uaioana, iviarsouedct and rortiand. i " Files for Senator . Wcyno Morse today filed his c::ndid2cy for the Republican nom ination for the seat in the United States senate now held by Rufus C. Holman. Morse, who was on leave as Dean of the University of Oregon school of law, serving as the public mem ber of the War Labor board, wrote a dissenting opinion and resigned when the board bowed to the will of John L. Lewis in the coal case, He also resigned the deanship Morse is campaigning against in flation, demands that industry be permitted to accumulate reserves that will allow post-war re-con version' to regular production, de mands that government be decen- tralized, opposes spending for bu- reaucratic tom-foolery'', insists on a more fair distribution of the tax load, would amend the Wagner act to give employers and workers equal rights, urges that the Ameri- can tarmer be relieved from the sovietizing dictates of the regulation wmers, ana rejects isolationism as a iuiity ouuiiu 10 Dring on iuture wars. Born and educated on a Wiscon- sin farm, Morse is well-schooled in the problems of stockmen and far- mers. He now resides on a small farm near Eugene with his wife and three children. Oregon, Thursday, March And You're Only Asked to Buy War Bonds , Treasury Deparlmtnt Services for Mrs. McLaughlin Held At 10 A. M. Today Services for Mrs. C. N. McLaugh mi who passea away in i-enaieton March 20 were held from St. Pat- ricks Catholic church at 10 o'clock ' Has - morning, Rev. Francis McCor- mcik officiating. Mrs. McLaughlin had been seriously ill for several week and was taken to a Pendleton hospital , for treatment. Rosary was " viuan at ociock neunesaay evening, au members -of her family except; one- son, Pfc nr-j . , jamea ivicjaugnim or me uruetd States Marine corps in the South Pacific, were present at the services. Mary Louise . Doherty was born May 8, 1894, in Heppner to Cather- ine and James Doherty, pioneer residents of the Blackhorse section. She acquired her education in local schools and in 1915 was married to C. N. "Con" ' McLaughlin. With her husband she made her . home at Lena, where they raised a large family and built up a successful ranch business. Surviving are the husband, 13 children, Mrs. Edward Rice, Lex ington; Dan, GM 3c, U. S. navy, stationed on the east coast; Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexington; Pfc. James toe Inn", which has been in pro of U. S. Marine corps, in South Pa- &1 3S several weeks, has entered ""-i ki oKauiuncia un uie "'& i.iuicair. uuuc vj, U1C post, ailnOUgu some Pacific coast; Pvt Hugh, U. S. Ma- lyAn ne)d nightly. The play is doors and windows were blown in rine corps at San Diego; Joe and scheduled for production . on the by the blast. The "igloos'1 are wide Virginia, twins; Robert, Herbert, evening of Friday, March 31, at the ly separated in the loose sandy sod Sally Michael and Terry, at home; gymnasium, auditorium. ' to avoid damage to others in case of one grand child, Hank Pointer, Lex- A . wc1 balanced cast under the an explosion. The reservation covers, ington; her mother. Mrs. Catherine Erection of Miss Elenita Mardock 15,000 acres. Doherty, and eight sisters. four brothers and Five Men Leave for Service During Week Five more men from Morrow county left during the past week for active du, three for the anny arid two for the mnrinG corns. Thev reported lor premduction physical examination iviarcn 10. . Joining the marines were Royal B. "Buster"' Rands of Boardman and Wiliam E. Davis of Heppner. Davis is a registrant of Wheeler county but had been employed at the Heppner Lumber company mill, wife and two children will re- side in Heppner during his period of enlistment. Rands has been a Boardman farmer several years. The men were sent to the San Die- go "boot" camp. The army called John J. Doherty or lone and Wiuiam (J. Rutledge and :t j ur:ii: rt n..ii-j i josepn u. wuson or irrigon. uoner- ty was appointed leader of the group. RETURNS TO TRAINING CENTER Pvt Donald Moulton will return to his army training center Friday after spending a furlough here. 23, 1944 .- Weather Man Falls Down on Job Here .While there still is a week to go, the month of March has been some wl,ot nt , : concerned. It is true the weather man yarious brands of precipitation but these W faiJe(j to much way effective dampness The MIne for most vinter By comparison with the fall of m2 and late winter pn(J fprbg M lm t Js 'unusual" conditions are over and this section has lapsed back to normal. Figures for March have not been tabulated but Len Gilliam, lo cal weather observer states that March has been a poor month for ground "igloo" and there was no moisture. January, with .31 of an evidence of sabotage. The blast inch was below normal and Febru- ripped a huge hole in the ground, ary with 1.36 inches was just about but none ol the nearby storage fa normal. An overcast sky at this cilities was damaged, writing indicates that rain is on the The "igloo" was about 50 feet way if the wind doesn't blow the long, 30 feet wide and 12 feet high, clouds on over the mountains. Junior Plcy Set for Friday, March 31 Practice on the junior play, "Tip- gives assurance of an evening of While there was no official an delightful enterftainment and it is nouncement immediately as to the the hope of the entire class that the cause of the explosion, workers ex gymnasium will be crowded, on perienced in handling ammunition 11113 occasion said it might have been from a de- T,IV . , ' fective bomb. The explosion from 2 u , ne woyld set off aU anunu- v fmalpdate for m- nition in the huge cavern almost si- 'tZr u . cia wiji iia.ve n.ot vpt. nnnA rv shoud sign appiications the A. office. IN PORTLAND B. C. Pincknev. manner nf tha Hoppner branch of the First Nat ional Bank, of Portland, is spending a few days in Portland. He accom- panied Mr. and Mrs L. E. Dick to the city Wednesday' evening. BUSINESS CALLER representing G. Corfield White, the Portland Aurex Co., dealer in i vacuum tube hearing aids, was a Dusmess visitor in Heppner Wed- nesday. White is consultant for the company. HERE FROM LONG CREEK Visitors in Heppner Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Musgrave of Long Creek. Volume 60, Number 52 Tprrjfjr Rlacf at Ordnance Depot Rocks Big Area Six Persons Die When Munitions Igloo Blows Up Six persons lost their lives in the terrific blast which destroyed n munitions storage room Tuesday night at the Umatilla ordnance de pot some 40 miles northeast of Heppner. The explosion occurred about 9:40 and was heard distinct ly by many people in Heppner who chanced to be in the open at that time. Reports from Spokane and Moscow, Ida., indicate that the shock of the blast extended that far, while towns nearer to the scene of the disaster suffered considerable loss in broken windows and bashed doors. The list of workers lost , in the blast included five men and one woman. Their names as listed in The Oregonian were: Harry Sever, Ordnance, survived by a widow and two children; John L. Fraser, lrriaon. survived by widow; Lance A. Stultz, 40, Hermiston, survived by widow and two child ren; Hiram Cook, 26, Hermiston, sur vived by widow and two children; William Sanders, 30 Stanfield, survived by widow and three chil dren; and Miss Alice Walgamott, 20,.. Her miston, formerly of " Curtis, Neb., where her mother lives. Col. A. F. Buyers, commandant at the depot, said there was no fire alter the explosion in the under- used principally for the storage of huge bombs, such as 2000-pound "block-busters" used in aerial bombing. It was the lust accident on the huge military installation since it was opened tor service in December 1941. Surprisingly little damage was SeSl fi - b K u VISITING PARENTS Billy French is home on "boot" leave from Farragut, spending the time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French. French and his mo ther are visiting relatives in Port land for a few days this week. HELPING RATION OFFICE Office practice girls of the high school are helping two periods a day at the ration office, a lift greatly appreciated by the office personnel. The office is busy at nresent PPttinp truck .r rAv P r r J for issuance of new stamos MOVE TO HOOD RIVER The Lincoln Nash family moved to Hood River Friday where Nash will be employed by a concern he worked for before coming to Hepp- ner to work in the Braden-BeU plant.